Thiruneermalai Ashramam- samprokshanam on July 9- appeal -3- Greatness of archaa roopam

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Sri:

SrimathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

Let ue enjoy the five forms of the Lord.

 

The superiority of ArchA rUpam among Sriman NarAyaNA's pancha rUpams ( param ,

VyUham , Vibhavam , antharyAmi roopam and ArchA ).

 

Parama padham , where the Lord is resident as Parama padha nAthan is surrounded

by the aNDams and the aavaraNam waters (Oceans ) . It is not of easy access to

us residing on earth. We can not travel there even to get a vessel filled with

aavaranam waters .It is too far away. Hence param and parama padham can not be

enjoyed with our sthUla sarIram. Only as a muktha Jivan possessing Sookshma

sarIram, one can enter and enjoy the anthamil pErinbham there.

 

The second rUpam of the Lord is as Sesha saayee in the middle of the milky ocean

..Here He is presenting Himself as KshIrAbhdhi nAthan to DevAs and maharishis .

 

Again, this is beyond our reach with SthUla sarIram. hence, it is not of much

use either for us to see and enjoy .

 

The Third rUpam of the Lord is what has been celebrated as Raama ,

KrishNAvathArams . These Vinbava avathArams were enjoyed by those who were

contemporaries. Today, it is history and we can not enjoy Lord KrishNA as Gopis

and AkrUrar did. Thus this rUpam is in the past like last year's river water,

which is no longer available to quench our thirst (dried up river bed).

 

The fourth rUpam is antharyAmi savrUpam. It is likened to OoRRu jalam. You have

to dig in the river bed sand and access the water under. Through the difficult

JNa~na Yogam, one can visualize this svarUpam of the Divya dampathis seated in

our heart cavities. Very few have the power to succeed in such efforts and thus,

this svarUpam is also not within reach of ordinary folks on this earth.

 

The fifth rUpam is the One that Sriman NaarAyaNan took to make Himself easily

available to one and all and to enjoy Him with our own sthUla sarIram and Maamsa

chakshus. No divya dhrushti as needed by ArjunA is a must to see the VisvarUpam

of the Lord . " angu vaitthu , inghE piRanthathu " is the celebration of this

ArchAvathAram by Eedu grantham .

 

Srimath Andavan went on to describe the five rUpams celebrated by Vedams in the

manthram in the manner of tamizh maRai :

 

ambhasya paarE bhuvanasya madhyE

naakasya prushtE mahathO mahIyAn

sukrENa jyOthIgumshi samanupravishta:

PrajApathisccharathi garbhE antha :

-- TaittirIya AaraNyakam : III.13.3

 

In ParAvathAram , the Lord is in Sri Vaikuntam as para VaasudEvan enjoying the

Saama ghAnam . Therefore it is described as Paattu kEtkumidam. It is not

accessible to us; we can not hear this music with our Maamsa karnams.

 

In VyUham , Lord rests on the serpent bed enjoying His yOga NidhrA .He is

rudely awakened by all the terror stricken devAs , who seek His intervention and

complain about the terrors inflicted on them by the asurAs . He has to come to

help after listening to their fear-laden prayers (muRaidal iDam). This far off

place is also inaccessible to us .We can not get there to appeal to Him to

intervene and help us from our afflictions. Therefore Vyuha Moorthy is off

limits for us.

 

Vibahva avathArams are known as kuthittha iDam. Lord NarasimhA jumped out of the

pillar and performed His avathAra Kaaryam and can no longer be seen in His

original vibhava form .

 

AntharyAmi svarUpam is known as OottumiDam. It is a svarUpam exclusively seen by

those , who have succeeded in their Jn~ana Yoga saadhanais. It is again out of

reach for us .

 

ArchA SvarUpam is known as VaLaittha iDam. Here , the Lord ahs become very

accessible to us and rests at Srirangam suggestign that He would not leave us

until all of our Paapams are removed . He patiently waits for us to get

SadAchArya Sambhandham and come to Him . AzhwArs and AchAryAs enjoyed the ArchA

mUrthys at the various divya desams and stated unequivocally that it is their

preferred choice among the five prakAra rUpams of Sriman NaarAyaNan .

 

It is interesting to note that para VaasudEvan gives us sEvai on the PraNava

VimAnam at Srirangam , VyUha Moorthy is seen as Archai at Srirangam , Anbil ,

Thirukkudanthai et al , Vibhava Moorthys are present in the ArchA form at

ThiruevuLL ( Sri Veera Raaghavan ), Dwarakai ( KrishNan ), AhObilam ( Narasimhan

) et al.

 

AzhwArs and AchAryAl's assertion of their preference for the archA form of the

Lord over all the other Four forms are abundant Srimath Andavan quoted a few of

them

 

[Translated by Sri Satakopan Swami, USAbased on tele-upanyasam by

asmadhacharyan]

 

Let us enjoy them tomorrow.

Acharyan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

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